General Amherst

(noun)

An 18th century officer in the British Army and commander-in-chief of the forces.

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Examples of General Amherst in the following topics:

  • Pontiac's Uprising

    • General Amherst, the British commander-in-chief in North America, was in charge of administering policy toward American Indians, which involved both military matters and regulation of the fur trade.
    • Amherst also restricted the American Indians' gun supply, which generated resentment; American Indian men used gunpowder and ammunition to gain food for their families and fur for trade, and by closing off the supply, Amherst imposed hardships on tribal families.

  • Britain's War

    • In addition to strategic planning, Germain was responsible for promoting and relieving generals, and distribution of provisions and supplies.
    • General Thomas Gage, in command of British forces in North America during the early rebellion, suffered criticism for his leniency.
    • Several senior British officers turned down appointments or publicly resigned commissions because they chose not to take sides in the conflict, including General Jeffrey Amherst and Admiral Augustus Keppel.
    • In general, Whig politicians were vehemently opposed to the Tory plan for militarily suppressing the colonial rebellion, causing great divisions within Parliament.

  • The Seven Years' War: 1754-1763

    • In September of 1760, Pierre François de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnal and the King's Governor of New France, negotiated a surrender with British General Jeffrey Amherst to bring an end to the French and Indian war portion of the Seven Years' War.

  • Spectator Sports

    • The first intercollegiate baseball game took place in 1859 between Amherst College and Williams College.
    • This competition featured a two-mile race between athletes from Amherst College, Cornell University, and McGill University of Montreal, Canada.
    • John Lawrence Sullivan (October 15, 1858 – February 2, 1918), also known as the Boston Strong Boy, was recognized as the first Heavyweight Champion of gloved boxing from February 7, 1881 to 1892, and is generally recognized as the last heavyweight champion of bare-knuckle boxing under the London Prize Ring rules.

  • References

    • General Editor, The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy, Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, 1995.
    • Newton, Isaac. (1687) The Principia, Prometheus Books: Amherst, New York,[Translated by Andrew Motte], 1995.

  • RNA and Protein Synthesis

    • The complementary strand that binds to the sense strand is called the anti-sense strand (colored green), and it serves as a template for generating a mRNA molecule that delivers a copy of the sense strand information to a ribosome.
    • The dark blue arrows show the general, well demonstrated, information transfers noted above.
    • Amherst, visit the following link (http://www.umass.edu/molvis/pipe/ribosome/tour/index.htm).
    • Since these post-translational reactions are generally catalyzed by enzymes, it may be said: "Virtually every molecule in a cell is made by the ribosome or by enzymes made by the ribosome. "

  • Age

    • Of which generation do you think they are a member?
    • To which generation do you belong?
    • Generation X is the generation defined as those born after the baby boom ended, from 1965 to 1981.Change is more the rule for the people of Generation X than the exception.
    • Millennials, also known as Generation Y, describes the generation following Generation X, from 1981 to 1999.
    • Generation Z is highly connected, as many members of this generation have had lifelong use of communications nd media technologies.

  • Functional vs. General Management

    • General managers focus on the entire business, while functional managers specialize in a particular unit or department.
    • Functional management and general management represent two differing responsibility sets with an organization.
    • General management is more common in smaller, more versatile, environments where the general manager can actively engage in every facet of the business
    • General management focuses on the entire business as a whole.
    • Differentiate between functional management and general management from a business perspective

  • Promoting the General Welfare

    • The General Welfare clause is a section of the Constitution-- as well as certain charters and statutes-- which provides that the governing body empowered by the document may enact laws to promote the general welfare of the people.
    • Such clauses are generally interpreted as granting the state broad power to legislate or regulate for the general welfare, remaining independent of other powers specified in the governing document.
    • There have been different interpretations of the meaning of the General Welfare clause.
    • General Welfare clause arises from two distinct disagreements: The first concerns whether the General Welfare clause grants an independent spending power or is a restriction upon the taxing power; the second disagreement pertains to what exactly is meant by the phrase "general welfare. "
    • Illustrate how the General Welfare clause of the Constitution is applied to public policy

  • "The General Act of the Conference"